Murray Wood: We just witnessed a moment in Saskatchewan Roughrider history
Murray Wood says Saturday's 24-21 win over the B.C. Lions in the CFL West Final was a big moment for the Roughriders, bu...
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P.A. teachers back to the picket line as MLAs say a fair deal is on the table
By Derek Craddock Saskatchewan teachers are once again on the picket lines as a series of rotating strikes began on Thursday. Thousands of students at several school divisions in the province are affe...
Feb 01, 2024
Farmers anxious as carbon price carve-out bill faces uncertain future
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year, as a bill that would give them a new exemption remains mired in politica...
Jan 31, 2024
Becotte wants to get back to bargaining as teachers prepare to picket
Around and around the Government of Saskatchewan and the province's teachers continue to go. On Thursday, many of Saskatchewan's teachers will take to the picket lines for a rotating strike, which fol...
Jan 31, 2024
Quebec minimum wage rises by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour starting May 1
Quebec's minimum wage will increase by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour beginning May 1. The Labour Department says it is hiking the minimum wage by a little more than three per cent because of the economic...
Jan 31, 2024
Some Alberta daycares start 'rolling closures' to protest $10-a-day program: group
CALGARY - Some daycare operators in Alberta have started "rolling closures" to push for changes to the $10-a-day child-care program, an advocacy group said Tuesday. The Association of Alberta Childcar...
Jan 30, 2024
STF says Sask. teachers to start rotating strike action Thursday
Saskatchewan teachers are set to begin rotating strikes this week, as contract negotiations with the provincial government remain stalled. Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Fed...
Jan 29, 2024
Sask. construction company fined after failing to pay wages
A Saskatchewan construction company has been hit with a fine for failing to pay a worker's wages. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Langman Contracting Inc. and its c...
Jan 22, 2024
'It's not a game:' STF president says as teachers begin second strike Monday
After a single-day strike last Tuesday, Saskatchewan teachers are hitting the picket lines again. A second strike day began on Monday, which also happens to be a professional development day for teach...
Jan 22, 2024 An STF member displays her sign calling for more education funding on the picket line in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
No strike at Viterra as new contract accepted
A deal has been struck between Viterra Canada and the Grain & General Services Union, avoiding a strike. The union's locals 1 and 2 voted in favour of accepting the final offer from the grain hand...
Jan 19, 2024 Hundreds of Viterra Canada workers have a new contract, avoiding a potential strike. (980 CJME file photo)
21 Filipino nurses working in Sask. as part of human resources plan
A number of nurses recruited in the Philippines have started working in Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Health, 21 Filipino nurses have now completed their training and begun working in com...
Jan 16, 2024
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